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43 Amendments of Ioannis LAGOS

Amendment 89 #

2021/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital ΙΣΤ a (new)
Pa. whereas, according to the European Environment Agency, 20% of surface water in the European Union is at risk of pollution;
2022/01/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2021/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of modern low-energy desalination techniques in order to provide solutions for the supply of drinking water to regions and islands where there is a lack of water;
2022/01/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2021/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes with concern that the lack of access to water and adequate sanitation has a devastating effect on women’s rights, making it difficult for women and girls to lead safe and healthy liveshealth;
2022/01/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that one goal of the BU is the security of the banking system and the prevention, while ensuring that taxpayers are never made to bear the cost of bank bailouts by taxpayers; supports efforts to strengthen the BU; stresses that a solid BU will result in increased confidence in the banking sector;
2022/02/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 205 #

2021/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that there is a prospect ofit is still too early for a gradually phasing out emergency measures and returning to pre-COVID-19 capital requirements;
2022/02/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 223 #

2021/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned about the rising level of sovereign debt on the balance sheets of banks in the BU; notes that government bonds are not risk-free assets and that risks are differentiated; emphasises that the issue of regulatory treatmentany restrictions on the holding of sgovereign exposures requires an in-depth examination of the consequences of different approaches;nment securities by financial institutions would make it impossible for indebted countries to borrow when needed.
2022/02/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 265 #

2021/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the dangers of a very loose monetary policy stimulating inflation; points out the need for the gradualat any premature tightening of monetary policy in the euro area will have dire consequences for the labour market and for the vulnerable economies of southern Europe;
2022/02/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 311 #

2021/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the need to protect consumers from abuses and harmful practices, especially in the midst of soaring energy costs and continuous price increases that are eroding household incomes;
2022/02/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 12 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0698),deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the Commission communication of 23 September 2020 on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (COM(2020)0609),deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
— having regard to its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which in 2020 was awarded to the democratic opposition in Belarus,deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and autocratic regimes, which are in the majority for the first time in 20 years; calls for the EU and the Member States to make full use of the tools at their disposal to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwide; points to the fact that even in EU Member States, such as Greece, political prisoners are being prosecuted following close cooperation between corrupt politicians and the judiciary;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. WBelcomieves the contribution of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) to defending and advancing human rights in the world; underlines the EUSR’s important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’sat the EU cannot legitimately play the role of global custodian of human rights, policies through engagement with third countries, cooperation with like-minded partners to advance the human rights agenda and increasing the coherence of the EU’s policies in the fieldarticularly if it does not tackle its own internal problems;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the visibility of the EUSR’s role should be enhanced in order to have a meaningful impact on human rights; underlines that the EUSR has a flexible mandate which could be adapted to evolving circumstances; is of the opinion that the EUSR’s position could be made more effective by enhancing communication activities and developing a more public profile through, inter alia, the publication of public statements in support of human rights activists at risk, including Sakharov Prize laureates and finalists, and of human rights defenders imprisoned for long periods, thereby helping to protect their physical integrity and their essential work;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that the EU human rights dialogues have the potential to promote human rights and democracy in bilateral relations with third countries, but underlines that in order to be effective, they need to be pursued in a results-oriented manner and based on clear benchmarks to evaluate their outcomes; regrets the fact that the Revised EU Guidelines on Human Rights Dialogues with Partner/Third Countries, while establishing specific objectives, fail to identify indicators which would allow a proper evaluation to be conducted; calls for the European External Action Service (EEAS) to carry out such evaluations for each dialogue, in line with the EU guidelines and including follow-up on individual cases raised both in the context of human rights dialogues and by Parliament;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the dialogues should be one of the tools in the EU’s comprehensive engagement in human rights and that they should not be seen as a replacement for human rights-related discussions at high-level forums with all relevant actors and, in particular, with the EU’s strategic partners; calls on the EEAS to share the information about envisaged dialogues – both bilateral and within international forums – sufficiently in advance with Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and with civil society organisations;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that all civil society actors, in particular independent civil society organisations, have a vital role to play in the dialogues, in terms of providing input both to the dialogues and to evaluation of their outcomes; underlines that such organisations should therefore be consulted within the framework of official and informal dialogues, as well as exploratory talks; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to improve communication and transparency with regard to civil society organisations; to this end, calls on the EEAS and the Commission to appoint human rights focal points at the geographical divisions of their headquarters;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the highly negative impact of COVID-19, which has disproportionately affected women, LGBTIQ persons and vulnerable groups, including the poor, children, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, minorities, informal workers and persons in prison or detention, among others; stresses that vulnerable groups are also more affected by the negative economic and social consequences of the pandemic, as well as the restrictions in access to healthcare and education; notes with concern the increase in hate speech against certain vulnerable groups, in particular minority groups;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the EU should increase its support to tackle the negative consequences of COVID-19, particularly for vulnerable groups; to this end, calls for the EU to urgently strengthen its efforts to bring to an end the alarming imbalance in the global distribution of vaccines, thereby fulfilling its previous commitment to embrace the COVID-19 vaccine as a global public good through, among other things, technological transfer and the ramping up of local production; stresses the importance of supporting the strengthening of education and healthcare systems to make them resilient to future threats; calls for greater support for innovative technologies to that end and welcomes Team Europe’s response in this regard; acknowledges the right to physical and mental health, which in many countries is still subject to stigma and discrimination, and underlines how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed enormous neglect in the provision of mental health caremake clear to all Member States that vaccines are a medical procedure which should not be mandatory and that vaccines should be advised or advised against individually for each person on the basis of their medical history; considers that any sanction applied against unvaccinated citizens constitutes a brutal violation of their human rights;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the interdependence between human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change, and welcomes the UN’s call for global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; underlines the vital role played by environmental human rights defenders and local and indigenous populations in preserving such an environment, despite the threats of violence that they often face from those responsible for, and profiting from, environmentally harmful practices; encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC, and requests that the Commission study the relevance of ecocide to EU law and EU diplomacy;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the crucial importance of advancing women’s rights and welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021–2025 (GAP III) as a sign of the EU’s commitment in this field; commends the important role played by female civic activists in political, social and environmental movementmothers who hold in their hands the future of societies and nations, and deplores the fact that women often become targets of violence as a result of both their gender and their activities, even paying for them with their lives;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the fact that, especially in Muslim countries, women continue to make up the majority of victims of gender- based violence, such as domestic violence and sexual violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation, and that they face discrimination in political and professional life, as well as in access to education and healthcare; stresses that the provision of care, protection and access to justice for victims of gender- based violence and trafficking has significantly decreased as a result of the pandemic, and calls for the EU to promote the development of emergency assistance plans and protocols both at UN level and in partner countries, with the aim of adapting assistance programmes to the circumstances of the pandemic, its aftermath and future crises;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets the fact that the overall progress in women’s rights is far below the UN countries’ commitments included in the Beijing Convention in 1995 and isis extremely concerned about the trend of backsliding in progress achieved; in this regard, is extremely concerned about the deterioration of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their sexuality, as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights, without coercion and discrimination, in particular with regard to safe and free access to abortion; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of their international commitments and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);instrumentalisation of the female body through the practice of surrogacy, which makes women ‘reproductive machines’ in exchange for money,
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that in 2020, the situation of the victims of trafficking, the majority of whom are women, has worsened considerably, since the COVID-19 pandemic has left the victims of trafficking in an even more vulnerable position; welcomes the launch of the EU’s Strategy on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (2021–2025); underlines that the identification of the victims of trafficking has become even more complicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and therefore calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their efforts in international judicial and law enforcement cooperation to prevent trafficking and identify victims, avoiding their criminalisation, in close cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, NGOs and civil society organisations dedicated to the protection of victims;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to eliminate all forms of abuse against children; welcomes the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child adopted by and to recognise a child’s right to life from the Cmommission, butent it is conceived; stresses that children continue to be victims of violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse, including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour and recruitment as child soldiers, and that they suffer from a lack of access to education and healthcare, and from malnutrition and poverty, in particular in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts; stresses that 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour; calls for the streamlining of the rights of the child and the children and armed conflicts (CAAC) agenda in all the EU’s external policies; calls on the Member States to uphold their responsibilities with regard to the protection of foreign fighters’ children who are EU citizens;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 241 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its strong condemnation of discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance, persecution and killings linked to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation and gender identity that continue to be a major problem in many countries; welcomes the launch of the EU’s anti-racism action plan 2020–2025, which recognises not only the individual and social dimensions, but also the structural nature of this phenomenon; stresses that in spite of 20 years of work since the signing of Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in 2001, racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a scourge around the world and calls for a zero-tolerance approach to themthe absolute necessity of granting native Europeans the right to retain their ethnic identities, their Christian religion, their practices and their customs;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the difficult situation, discrimination and threats to life faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people around the world; welcomes the fact that the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020–2025 includes the EU’s commitment to include LGBTIQ issues in all its external policies, including support under the NDICI – Global Europe Instrument and Instrument for Pre-Accession funds;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe, and the right to manifest and to change or leave one’s religion or belief without fear of violence, persecution, Points out that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, since, accor discrimination; deplores the persecution suffered by minorities on the grounds of belief or religion in many places in the world; condemns the abuse of blasphemy laws to perpetuate discrimination and deplores the use of religion and religious institutions to the detriment of human rights through the persecution, including by legal means, of belief or religious minorities, women and LGBTIQ personsng to the World Watch List, in 2020 340 million Christians were victims of discrimination, unequal treatment and persecution, while 4 761 Christians were killed because of their faith;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that corruption also constitutes a major violation of human rights and that the EU and its Member States must address it as such in their external action by applying the highest transparency standards to their funding to third countries, as well as by supporting anti-corruption civil society organisations, journalists and whistle-blowers;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions RegimReiterates that the (EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act) as an essential addition to the EU’s human rights and foreign policy toolbox, which strengthens the EU’scannot legitimately play the role as aof global human rights actor by allowing it to take restrictive measures against legal and natural persons involved in grave human rights violations in the world; condemns any arbitrary and unjustified retaliatory restrictive measures imposed on the EU or other entities as a response to the EU’s decisions under the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act; regrets the fact that the Council has decided to apply unanimitycustodian of human rights, particularly if it does not tackle its own instead of qualified majority voting when adopting sanctions on human rights issuernal problems;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the extensrestriction of the scope of the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act to include acts of corruption in order to ensure the effective targeting of the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; stresses the need for an effective strategy to implement the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act, consistent both with the EU’s other external policies, in particular with its human rights policies, and with the existing international frameworks on sanctions, international criminal law and international humanitarian law; welcomes the Commission’s announcement that in 2021, it will conduct a review of practices undermining sanctions and of the existing reporting obligations for Member States on their implementation and enforcement;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants and refugees, and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully uphold them in their cooperation with third countries, both in terms of the establishment of high legal standards and, equally importantly, their operationalisation in order to ensure the effective protection of these rights in practice; reiterates its call on the Commission to carry out a review of the human righStresses that the EU has taken in an enormous number of illegal migrants and asylum seekers and that these are overstretching its imcapact of migration policy frameworks and of the EU’s cooperation on migration with third countries; underlines the risks related to informal arrangements on return and readmission, which are not subject to judicial scrutiny and therefore do not allow for effective redress for human rights violations suffered by migrants and asylum seekersities, both economically and demographically;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Equally, calls for independent, effective mechanisms to monitor formal readmission agreements, both at the EU’s borders and in partner countries in order to ensure full respect for human rights, including the principle of non- refoulement; recalls that the right to asylum is guaranteed by Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; expresses its hope that the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, including the new European Union Agency for Asylum, will help the EU Member States in creating efficient, properly functioning asylum systems, improving protection for asylum seekers and respecting the principles of the fair sharing of responsibility and solidarity among Member States; reiterates the need for a European agreement on a humanitarian visa or on the use of the European Temporary Protection Directive;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 351 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses the multi-faceted threat to the enjoyment of human rights brought about by modern armed conflicts, which, in addition to states, often involve non-state agents and terrorist organisations; reiterates its call for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts in collaboration with partner countries and regional organisations, including a strong focus on conflict prevention, mediation and good offices efforts, addressing the root causes of the conflicts, humanitarian aid, providing the necessary support to the international peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions, as well as EU missions in the framework of the common security and defence policy, and post- conflict reconstruction operations supporting and applying strong integration and scrutiny of human rights and a robust gender perspective;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that the EU has a unique opportunity to exert leverage on businesses to uphold human rights at global level with the upcoming EU binding legislation on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability, obliging companies to prevent, identify, communicate, account for and remedy potential and/or actual adverse impacts on human rights, the environment and good governance in their value chain; calls for the strategy to apply to all large undertakings governed by the law of a Member State, established in the territory of the Union or operating in the internal market, as well as publicly listed small and medium-sized companies; stresses the need to establish and enforce sanctions to make the legislation effective; calls for companies’ due diligence strategies to be made public; welcomes the full entry into force in 2020 of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation and the EU Taxonomy Regulation as constructive steps in this field;deleted
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2021/2181(INI)

46. Stresses the vital role of social platforms in advancing freedom of expression and of organisation, but underlines the need for proper safeguards to prevent, on the one hand, the unjustified censorship of users’ content, including automated censorship, and, on the other, the spread of hate speech, fake news and disinformation; welcomes the adoption of the new EU rules on the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use technologies;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2019/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Expresses its dissatisfaction at the excessively burdensome terms imposed by the EIB in loan contracts for borrowers such as Greece, where it is making loan payments for the construction of the New Heraklion Airport in Crete conditional on the redevelopment of the old airport site (85% of which belongs to the Greek Defence Ministry), bypassing the local community and the competent authorities;
2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that boosts employment and strengthens competitiveness; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;deleted
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 24 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 20 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate-expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020;deleted
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 92 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III RegulationInternal Security Fund (ISF); underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex;
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 101 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the need for the EU budget to contribute more to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the countries covered by the Development Cooperation Instrument and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism;deleted
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 112 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, the wellbeing of Maronites wishing to resettle and that of all enclaved persons as agreed in the 3rd Vienna Agreement, and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, thereby promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities;deleted
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 115 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that given the serious and persistent deficits in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Turkey, it is justified to further reducecut the allocations for Turkey under the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance; decides therefore not to reverse Council’s cuts to the funding for Turkey, to reduce that funding by additional EUR 5 million, and to put EUR 100 million of the funding into reserve;
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG